(Update: clarifying this was a specific case, not general case... although, lots of cameras wandering around everywhere nowadays)
"Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show"
(9/28/2023)
I never thought I would see society slip into authoritarian surveillance so fast.
If we don't push back hard and quickly against this, we will lose all our rights.
Increasingly, surveillance is being normalized and integrated in our lives. Under the guise of convenience, applications and features are sold to us as being the new better way to do things. While some might be useful, this convenience is a Trojan horse. The cost of it is the continuous degradation of our privacy rights, with all that that entails.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/07/selling-surveillance-as-convenience/
They will never have enough data about you.
They will always ask for more.
That's how they feed the billionaires.
Leave and delete corporate social media.
Before they eat you whole.
#Facebook #X #Instagram #Reddit #Threads #Bluesky #LinkedIn #Slack #Discord #YouTube #TikTok #SurveillanceCapitalism #Privacy
First, they'll ask for your official IDs to confirm your age and identity.
This will create a large treasure trove
of sensitive data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.
Then, they'll claim your official ID is
unreliable, because it was stolen so many times, and demand you share your biometric data.
They will collect your face scan,
your palm scan, and even your iris scan (no exaggeration, these are all already being collected by some companies for identification). They will claim it's super safe.
This will create a large treasure trove
of sensitive biometric data, which will attract criminals, and will inevitably leak from either negligence or malice, sooner than later.
Then what? Rinse and escalate.
You will have lost control of not just your corporate social media accounts by participating to this, but to any data capable of validating your identity, to your privacy rights, to the protections you could use online to stay safe.
We don't have to wait that it escalates.
We can, and must, push back and say No now. Start to say No now.
The fine for infringing privacy rights
needs to be much larger than the profit generated by ignoring those rights.
We've got a lot packed into the latest @bitsontape from the @ivycyber team! We've been busy :P #privacy #security #fsf #freesoftware #opensource https://psafe.ly/8MTe7E
I'm not the right partner for you if you're looking for someone to write your privacy notice and be done with it.
I'm a perfect partner for you if you're willing to build a privacy-minded company that sincerely values its customers and their rights.
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #business #consulting
Ummmm…
Not okay.
The #USArmy has announced that it is swearing in 4 #tech execs from #Palantir, #Meta, #OpenAl, & #ThinkingMachinesLab — as #ArmyReserve lieutenant colonels.
This week's net.wars, "Negative externalities", watches Texas police use license plate data to search for a woman they think might have self-managed an abortion; pushes back on a report that suggests a publicly funded NHS period-tracking app is a better idea; and notes the passage of the UK's new data bill weakening citizens' rights over their data: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/13/negative-externalities/ #NetWars #UKpolitics #Abortion #DataBill #Privacy
I send thanks to the buyer from Pennsylvania who purchased an art print of
After the Bath, Grayscale -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/after-the-bath-grayscale-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
May the artwork take you to a delightful moment of peace, privacy, and calmness, a sanctuary from noise and stress.
#bath #bathroom #home #privacy #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #drawing #artist #sale #luxury #decor #relax #relaxing #relaxation #calm #peace #peaceful
The Rebel Tech Alliance is a non-profit dedicated to bringing down #SurveillanceCapitalism
We explain the problem, provide extensive lists of vetted Alternatives, and show you who else is fighting this fight so we can Unite. We also have loads of Resources and Guides.
Please read through the site - it's in chronological order - and share widely. The more people leave #BigTech the less data Big Tech has, the less power they have. #Privacy is power!
The program you DON'T WANT TO INSTALL!
Share and educate people!
From the company that took all digitized content without permission to build their product, now we have a browser.
So the company can use your data and behavior and to lock you in to their statistical parrot (AI)
In case it’s not clear by this or by Google rushing to implement the ‘Gulf of America’ change, #Google is fully part of the American fascist regime.
You need to get off Google.
https://www.theverge.com/news/608858/google-calendar-missing-events-holidays
No-AI and solid end-to-end encryption is the new tech hype.
If you don't invest heavily in solid end-to-end encryption, privacy-protective and No-AI features, you will be left behind. People might even laugh at you.
Tell everyone.
German court rules #Meta tracking technology violates European privacy laws - https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech "sets a precedent which the court acknowledged will allow countless other users to sue without “explicitly demonstrating individual damages,” " big #privacy
#SCOTUS on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on #gender-affirming care for #transgender minors, a stunning setback to #TransgenderRights.
The 6-3 decision in a case from #Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by #Trump’s #Republican admin & #state govts to roll back #protections for transgender people. 26 other #states have laws similar to the one in TN.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ #CivilRights #HumanRights #privacy #BodilyAutonomy
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-health-care-trump-79fc6f3bbdab2e92d6f0184201a468a9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-18-Breaking+News
Bluesky will be age-gating content for UK users. It’s your privacy that pays.
The UK Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification.
That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous.
https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #bluesky
ORG turns 20 this year! 🎈 🎉 🎂
To celebrate two decades of fighting for digital rights, join us for a special event with Cory Doctorow @pluralistic in conversation Maria Farrell.
Register now to hear about Cory's writing, surveillance capitalism, the ‘enshittification’ of digital platforms and how to fight Big Tech ✊
It's not one to miss!
🗓️ Wed 16 July, 6pm BST
💻 Zoom
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-at-20-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-maria-farrell/
#ORG20 #digitalrights #bigtech #corydoctorow #enshittification #privacy #capitalism #surveillance
The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
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ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
#News #Data #Privacy #ICE #Deportation #Immigration #IRS #Tax #Trump
"While these agents promise to make life easier by allowing users to “put your brain in a jar,” they can also gather valuable—and often sensitive—data. This is a core concern for #Signal, which is trusted by tens of millions of users, including those in government, military, human rights and journalism, for confidential communication and guaranteed #privacy."
https://observer.com/2025/07/signal-meredith-whittaker-agentic-ai-risk/
I just published “Generating Passphrases Like correct horse battery staple” at
https://www.ii.com/passphrase-generators/ - please post suggestions for passphrase generators as a reply to this toot and I'll include them in my article!
#InfiniteInk #Privacy #Security #Tech #Passwords #Passphrases #CorrectHorseBatteryStaple
#Words #Writing #Byℵ #ByNM
🚀🤘Introducing Psylo: A New Kind of Private Browser
After 9 months of development, we're super excited to finally launch Psylo, a new kind of private web browser for iOS and iPadOS.
In Psylo, each tab is its own “silo” with isolated storage, cookies, and even its own IP address. Psylo introduces advanced anti-tracking and anti-fingerprinting features that go beyond what a VPN can offer.
Full announcement: https://mysk.blog/2025/06/17/introducing-psylo/
